Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

10-year retrospective Credit: GregTheFine – Outsized Marketing for Mid-Size Nonprofits A simple promotion – fill a bucket with ice and water and encourage friends, followers, partners, volunteers, and others to dump it on themselves – reaped millions for the ALS Assoc. Matching contributions doubled the impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

To secure new volunteers? Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. That said, if you decide to use Gmail e-mail as your login hub, then it is best to not give interns or volunteers access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

The organization is called Video Volunteers. They partner with a range of NGOs to create an ongoing community video unit to support the NGO's programs by placing a full-time trainer in the NGO for a one-year period. The trainer trains up to ten community members to create videos.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 13, 2024

School fundraising is a complex endeavor, requiring a delicate balance of strategy, resources, and community engagement. While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers. Burnout : Overworked volunteers can become disillusioned and leave.

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Qgiv

JUNE 11, 2024

For nonprofits in close-knit communities, community-centric fundraising (CCF) may be a more effective fundraising approach than other methods of fundraising. Use this guide to learn more about community-centric fundraising: What is community-centric fundraising? How is CCF different from other fundraising strategies?

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I And community organizations can use data to illuminate the challenges they face.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 23, 2022

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea. For volunteers, it enables skills development, and improves wellbeing by connecting their work with their purpose. Volunteers Align Personal and Professional Development.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2023

Are they young activists passionate about climate change or experienced professionals with a heart for community development? For example, if your nonprofit focuses on youth empowerment, platforms like Instagram and Snapchat might be more effective than LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Empowerment is unconditional. Technology can solve information problems, organise communities and publish behaviours, but they can’t deliver food or care for the sick. You can’t know what your community wants from you without asking and they are waiting for you to ask. You can’t force people to volunteer. Be consistent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment. The website also enables nonprofits to invite their users and volunteers to post feedback about them. This exchange is empowering, and technology has made it more accessible.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

At Salesforce.org, we are proud to see how much of our community — whether it’s our employees, our partners, or the nonprofits we support — is jumping in through funding, advocacy, or volunteering. Mission: Improving air quality through community partnerships. It is not a time to reflect, it is a time to act.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. Volunteer Alliance Projects. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

There are a range of organizations that are providing activists with bail bonds and legal help, or that are helping small businesses and other community resources that have been adversely affected. It also is the home of the National Bail Fund Network, which links to over 60 community bail and bond funds, including the Minnesota Freedom Fund.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

After a decade of steady development, Cloud for Good sought to continue to give back to the amazing communities that helped us get to where we are today. That is why we are thriving as a company, because of our team and their desire to go above and beyond to do good in the communities we serve.”. The Selection Process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. This volunteer service opportunity was intended to provide the homeless with job opportunities and an income through electronics recycling. While this may not be tech-focused, it’s still a great way to give back to the DC community. Tech Recycling Day.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

One of my favorite colleagues and co-host of our Eskin Fundraising Training Non-Profit Empowerment webinar series, Rhanda Luna, has been hired as Director of Corporate Giving and Special Events for SAFE, based in Austin, Texas. Review progress on these goals and objectives at least quarterly. Network, network, and network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The mission is to promote participation and practice in dance, movement, and performing arts traditions from around the world while using the arts as a key tool to revitalize community. They used social media to win “ Deals for Deeds ” contest. Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The Accelerator Summit included interactive sessions show casing their programs in these areas: workforce development , employee giving , environment , online safety , and the role of technology in the non-profit community. We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A crisp brand meaning should be the filter for decision making internally as well as externally, especially regarding the building of community around the organization’s cause, partnerships, communications and revenue generation. The winners of the contest, and their entries, are: · Entoure , Sarah Allen. “My

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. We have a recipe for how to address disaster quickly and effectively: kitchens and volunteers. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. million meals!

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Tech Recycling Day This volunteer service opportunity was intended to provide the homeless with job opportunities and an income through electronics recycling. While this may not be tech-focused, it's still a great way to give back to the DC community.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Frequently, the best innovative solutions to community challenges are those that creatively combine ideas from multiple disciplines. Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. Hear how she sheds light on the nonprofits they serve, how they’ve shifted their strategies, how companies can support in innovative ways through volunteering, and more!

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 15, 2023

Over a century later, the number of nonprofits has burgeoned, as has their profound impact on our communities, economies, and daily lives. Life-changing Initiatives: From providing health services in underserved communities to fostering the arts and promoting environmental conservation, nonprofits touch every facet of our lives.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim Muslim relations. Department of State and Rashad Hussain , the U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Personally, I’ve learned a lot from seeing how Salesforce employees give back to their communities. Our employees use it to connect with their purpose, and help lift the communities around them. Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Whether youre organizing a community fundraiser, educational program, health initiative, or social justice event, identifying the right sponsorship companies for events can elevate your cause and broaden your reach. and a presence in more than 35 countries. and a presence in more than 35 countries. Through JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

And they’re helping in a very hands-on way — volunteer work for the digital era, perhaps, but also just plain a good idea: a general “tech support for telehealth” for people who don’t have a savvy niece or nephew to consult on such things. Books N Bros (St. Pictured at top).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

I had always been an informal mentor, but when I moved to Florida, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer, a ‘Big Sister’. Fostering Understanding & Breaking Down Barriers It’s also an opportunity to educate: more than 68% of the volunteer mentors are white or non-Black. She loved cheerleading (so did I!)

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

The best stories to pitch the media (or include in any communication materials) have the following: Struggle/Solution : What community/personal issues does your organization address? How can you communicate the feelings experienced and help your audience feel them too? Tell them the struggle and communicate the emotion.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

We all care about making a difference in our community. And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. We CAN devote some of our resources to reaching communities with incredible demands. We all work for nonprofits. This is the wrong analogy and the wrong question.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It's a very creative town, very community oriented, and the energy there is very supportive. There's a need, the women are responding, and our community is doubling over the last year, so we really are at a point of expansion and scaling. We have such a large community, our network is over 40,000, who is depending on us.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. Volunteering 100,000 hours and using employees' skills to help nonprofits run more effectively and reach more people. See how organizations like yours are benefiting from their donated products and services.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2022

If you want to support breast cancer patients and survivors, volunteering at hospitals or for organizations that are dedicated to the fight against breast cancer is a great way to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Nonprofits to support. Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This isn’t just a formality – it shows they’re serious about the organization’s mission and want to help the community. Taking it further: Boosting empowerment through calendars You can also use calendars to support growth. These meaningful gifts say “thank you” in a big way.

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